Details
Title Double Head Study of an Older and a Young Woman.
Publisher United States
Date ca. 1830s-1840s
Physical Description Oil on canvas ; Framed: 20 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches ; Painting: 18 x 12 1/4 inches.
Notes Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022.
Label on the verso from Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, N.J.) (Double Head Study), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ethan D. Alyea. 1964.51.
Bust-length, forward-facing portrait study of two white women. In the left, shows an older woman with brown ringlet curls framing her forehead and attired in a white lace day cap tied in a bow under her chin and a dark-colored dress with a white lace collar. In the right, shows a young woman with her dark brown hair parted in the middle and tied back and attired in dress with a white neckline. There is an additional portrait of a woman on the verso of the canvas. A cut out in the frame reveals the eyes of the portrait. A photocopy reproduction is taped to the back. Bust-length portrait of a white woman with her blonde hair tied back and attired in drop earrings, a multi-stranded necklace, and a light blue dress.
Subject Older women -- Portraits.
Women -- Clothing & dress.
Women -- Portraits.
Young women -- Portraits.
Genre Painting.
Location OBJ 922
Accession number OBJ 922